[TheForge] Chimney creosote

[Doug Ayen]

Thus Spake Mike Spencer (mspencer at tallships.ca):
> 
> 
> If that's 1/2" of the glassy form of creosote, that's way more than
> enough to produce a spectacular fire in your flue.  When it gets hot,
> the glassy form foams and expands, much like good blacksmith's coal
> does when it's coking out, turning into a brittle, foamy mass which,
> along whith the expelled volatiles, burns furiously.  The strong draft
> created in the process has a positive feedback effect.  

So, this cresote, can it be used as a cheap coal substitute? :)

--doug
(who has plenty of coal, it just keeps showing up in my stockings at
xmas.)